I-Com, Institute for Competitiveness, is a think tank established in 2005 by a group of scholars, professionals and managers. I-Com's mission is to influence public debate on the future of the Italian system and the European market, focusing on a number of key issues for business growth, in particular energy, communications, innovation, health care and pharmaceuticals, and institutions. With the contribution of a vast and qualified network of collaborators, I-Com promotes research, conferences, closed-door seminars and other forms of debate and study. The Institute's research methodology is based on international benchmarking analyses and aims to identify the Italian production system's criticalities in its sectors of interest and propose possible solutions. I-Com is based in Rome and in Brussels. The President of the Institute for Competitiveness is Stefano da Empoli.